..Preliminary data from the BOSS suggest the prevalence of olfactory impairment may be lower in younger generations. All these factors point to a continuing need for epidemiological studies of olfaction...

Carla R Schuberta Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USAJ Clin Exp Neuropsychol 35:669-76. 2013

..Similar results were found for the TMT-A and TMT-B, but not the GPB, in the whole cohort. Olfactory impairment was associated with poorer performance on cognitive function tests in a primarily middle-aged cohort. ..

..This study documents clear associations between tinnitus and reduced quality of life in this large cohort of older adults...

Long-term systemic inflammation and cognitive impairment in a population-based cohort

Margarete A WichmannDepartment of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Institute on Aging, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WisconsinJ Am Geriatr Soc 62:1683-91. 2014

..Depression and obesity are both important public health problems. However, it is not clear whether obesity contributes to depression. Our study aims to evaluate the association between obesity and possible depression...

Serum cotinine level and incident hearing loss: a case-control study

David M NondahlDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The University of Wisconsin Madison, USAArch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 130:1260-4. 2004

Cynthia M CarlssonSection of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI53705, USAAlzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 23:11-7. 2009

..Randomized-controlled clinical trials and longitudinal studies are necessary to determine if statins protect against cognitive decline...

..63 (95% CI: 0.36, 1.10) for those reporting moderate and high ETS exposure, respectively (F-test for trend: P < 0.001). These results suggest that the questionnaire can be used to distinguish relative levels of exposure to ETS...